Oly's Gallagher adds to record; excited about playoffs

Gallagher proceeded to add to his record, putting up 31 points on senior night as the Trojans blasted Klahowya 88-59 in an Olympic League game on Tuesday night.

"It's a great win on senior night," Gallagher said. "But the biggest thing is that we keep playing. We're looking forward to the playoffs, and seeing how far we can take it."

Both Olympic and Klahowya advance to the Class 2A West Central sub-district tournament, playing loser-out games on Friday. Olympic (12-8 overall, 9-7 league) — the No. 4 seed — faces Foster at Evergreen High School in White Center. Klahowya (8-8, 8-12) — the No. 5 seed — plays Steilacoom at Sumner. Both games start at 6 p.m.

Gallagher scored 1,078 points during his three seasons with the Trojans. He shattered Thoemke's mark of 894 points, set from 1992-1995. Thoemke is the son of Howard Thoemke, who coached Olympic to the 1983 Class AA state championship.

The 5-foot-10 Gallagher scored in many ways against the Eagles, including back-to-back 3-pointers in the second quarter to put Olympic up 20-13. He nailed a straightaway 3 as time expired in the half for a 35-22 lead.

He did more than score. Midway through the third quarter, Gallagher cut across the key and delivered a no-look pass to Trey Fullilove cutting along the baseline for a layup, part of an 11-point run that was capped by another Gallagher 3-pointer for a 51-28 advantage.

"He was going to score a lot of points," Klahowya coach Spike Hopper said, "no matter who they played."

He wasn't the only senior to shine for the Trojans. Point guard C.J. Encomienda had 20 points, including four treys, to go with five assists.

Huff was also pleased with the play of junior forward Quentin Phillips. He scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half and worked for six rebounds.

"In my time here, I haven't seen a player in the open court with the ball like Quentin," Huff said. "He has another gear."

Klahowya was playing its second game in as many nights, beating North Kitsap Monday, and it might have taken something out of the Eagles.

"I think we came out a little flat...," Hopper said. "They had a lot of energy and it was their Senior Night, so we knew we had to deal with that. Our guys weren't moving well, even though we were fresh."

Josh Ganowski came off the bench to lead the Eagles with 16 points, while Clark Rose and Mitchell Flowers each had 12 points.

But it was a night for Olympic, especially Gallagher.

"It's good to get my name up there," he said, "but I just want to keep playing."